Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. One dog led the way through a deadly blizzard. With Nome’s ...
As of Feb. 2, it has been 100 years since Gunnar Kaasen drove a dog team into Nome with the medicine that saved lives and staved off a potential diphtheria epidemic. Famously, Balto was in the lead of ...